Long and Lean

...Jude turning 15 months old. I took him to his 15 month appointment and they confirmed that he is, in fact, tall. He's in the 80-something percentile in length. However, because he only drinks almond milk, he is in the 20th percentile in weight. He is healthy for sure, but the doc said we need to pack on some pounds. He actually lost 2 pounds from his 1 year appointment. Jude really is the funniest kid ever. he is just so silly and physical with his humor. I hope everyone is able to get some Jude-time in because you will not be sorry.

So Much Fun We Can't Keep Up!

We have been so busy having fun lately that we just haven't had time to blog.  We can't say enough how glad we are to live closer to home, and because of that we are able to do more fun things.  Recently we took the kids to the Sam Noble Museum and the Tulsa Zoo.  Both trips were wonderful.  Kate loves dinosaurs and Jude loves fish so we were pretty great both places.

Look at this little girl.  I just can't get enough of her.  She is so great, sweet, and smart.  I'm so lucky to be her mommy.

Kate was teaching Jude where babies come from.  Just so you know, Kate adores her baby brother.  Sometimes it's hard to tell because if he touches her when it's not on her terms she flips, but if anyone else touches him...look out.  Just today he got a little cut on his foot.  I was trying to comfort him and she thought I was hurting him.  I thought she was going to climb over the table and tackle me.  We also can't take her to is doctors appointments anymore because she tries to keep the nurses from touching him.  

Jude ran around everywhere saying "feesh!"  It was hard to keep up with him.

That's one happy family.  We are so blessed to have each other and to have these 2 kiddos.  

15 years and going strong!  (and grey)

Yes, Kate wore the sunglasses the whole day.  She's that fabulous.

I love his face here!  Of course he's looking at a sea lion that he thinks is a big fish.

Will Jude Stay At School?

 ...the suspense of wondering if Jude would actually be able to be away from Mommy long enough to stay at his new school. I also wondered if I would be able to be away from my babies that much. Kate will go 3 days a week and Jude will go 2. Kate has always been so independent, but Jude loves his Mommy. He also has not been kept by anyone other than his Ginny since we moved to Oklahoma. Of course we knew Kate would love her new school. We only felt bad for her since it was her 3rd school in a year (due to the move and stuff). We were not too worried though, since the kids are going to preschool at our church. It's wonderful. I can't say enough great things about it. I feel as at ease as I did when they were at the CDRC at Tech and that's saying something. I know they love our kids and are so openly affectionate with them and genuinely happy to see them. Jude has quite the cheering section at church since he has the reputation as the the little guy who cries during church. They all know there's a funny guy in there, but he just misses his Mommy too much to show it. They were all delighted to see him do very well the first week of school with minimal crying. I'm so thankful.

Hey, I know you!

Jude is not so sure about this. He seems to have bounded with his teachers after the first week.

Kate meeting one of her teachers and getting used to the new classroom. She likes being one of the big kids that go to class upstairs.

So pumped for her first day of school.

Should I go in or take off running back to the car???

Look Mommy, I made it all the over here...by myself! I think I can stay here.